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GORDON CHISHOLM, the Dundee United manager, will not issue a “back me or sack me” challenge to Eddie Thompson, his chairman, but the club is now approaching a crossroads. This draw with Inverness confirmed that, no matter what his team lack in talent, the club’s players are willing to fight for their boss. What is missing at Tannadice, however, is firm backing from the board for their beleaguered manager.

Thompson, it has been rumoured, is ready to wield the axe, but two successive battling 1-1 draws have not given him cause to take decisive action. Despite their poor form, the 10th-placed team remains only half a dozen points off the top six.

“It is a results-based business, I know that,” said Chisholm, who has consistently batted aside all questions on the strain he must be feeling. “I speak to the chairman every day and nothing has been said. Until it